diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed650c3f69..3c6a1ab6f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@ lib
 lib-esm
 # UMD bundles that export the global variable
 _bundles
+
+# generated documentation
+docs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index db6c83e43d..55e7495926 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ tslint.json
 webpack.config.js
 yarn.lock
 src
-
+docs
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d67890d848..7130f4737e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
     "build": "npm run clean && run-p build:*",
     "lint": "tslint src/ts/**/*",
     "test": "run-s clean build:commonjs && mocha lib/test/**/*.js",
-    "test:coverage": "nyc npm run test --all"
+    "test:coverage": "nyc npm run test --all",
+    "docs:generate": "typedoc --out docs .",
+    "docs:open": "opn docs/index.html"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -35,10 +37,12 @@
     "mocha": "^3.4.1",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.0.2",
     "nyc": "^10.3.2",
+    "opn-cli": "^3.1.0",
     "shx": "^0.2.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.15",
     "tslint": "^5.3.2",
     "tslint-config-0xproject": "^0.0.2",
+    "typedoc": "^0.7.1",
     "typescript": "^2.3.3",
     "webpack": "^2.6.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/ts/0x.js.ts b/src/ts/0x.js.ts
index ac9e3376d5..95446ad747 100644
--- a/src/ts/0x.js.ts
+++ b/src/ts/0x.js.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export class ZeroEx {
+    /** Verifies the signature */
     public verifySignature() {
         // TODO
     }